GUA MUSANG: An accident involving five vehicles here led to 15 students being injured after their school van was rammed by a trailer at about 2pm on Monday (April 10).

District police chief Supt Sik Choon Foo said three pupils aged between seven and 10 sustained severe injuries while the rest of the students escaped with minor injuries and were treated at the Gua Musang Hospital.

"A seven-year-old child suffered a fracture of the right clavicle, an eight-year-old child suffered a blood clot on the forehead, and a 10-year-old child has a dislocated right femur. he accident is believed to be caused by a car that carelessly exited the intersection to turn right before being hit by a trailer laden with logs coming from the right,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (April 11).

He said as a result of the coalition, the trailer lost control and entered the opposite lane before it collided with a car and crashed into the van carrying the school pupils.

"The van also crashed into a car that was behind it,” he said.

The case is being investigated under Section 43(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987. - Bernama